An initiative of the
Gunter Henn
"Architecture of Knowledge."
May 23 2009
Born in Dresden in 1947, the son of the architect Walter Henn. He studied architecture and civil engineering in Berlin and Munich, where he gained his doctorate. Since 1979 head of the architectural bureau Henn Architekten in Berlin and Munich, Shanghai and Dubai, his designs for research and teaching, production and development, administration and corporate architecture have seen him gain an international reputation. His most prominent works include the Research and Innovation Center (FIZ) of the BMW Group in Munich, the Engineering Faculties of the TU Munich and TU Hanover, buildings for the Max Planck Society, the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden, the MobileLifeCampus in Wolfsburg, and the Beijing International Automotive Expo. Gunter Henn is holder of the chair for Industrial Building at the Technical University of Dresden and guest professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a member of the Chambers of Architects in Munich and Berlin as well as the Federal Association of German Architects (BDA). Projects and buildings (selection): Research and Innovation Center of the BMW Group, Munich; Technical University of Munich, faculty building mechanical engineering; Audi Forum, Ingolstadt; Volkswagen – Autostadt, Wolfsbrug; Fraunhofer Central Administration, Munich; Volkswagen – Gläserne Manufaktur, Dresden; MobileLifeCampus, Wolfsburg; Max Planck Institute, Dresden; Beijing International Automotive Exposition Centre, China; Science to Business Center Nanotronics & Bio, Marl; Dubai Business Park, United Arabic Emirates; Huawei Research and Development Centre, Hangzhou, China.
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